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The NKBA's latest report illuminates renovating trends<p>From full remodels to quick upgrades and DIYs, it's no secret that Americans are near obsessed with refreshing their kitchens. But just how obsessed? A new study by the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) sheds light on some renovating …

Police at Northern Arizona University have filed a formal complaint charging a freshman with second-degree murder in a campus shooting that also injured three other students.<p>Steven Jones initially was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Colin Brough, 20, following a confrontation last …

As the death toll in Thursday's massacre of Marine and Navy personnel by a radical Islamist in Chattanooga, Tenn., climbed to five Saturday, it was revealed that the jihadist once secured a job at a U.S. nuclear plant but was let go when he reportedly failed a drug test.<p>The Navy announced Saturday …

The families of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, who were killed on the island of Koh Tao last September, arrive in court for trial of two Burmese suspects<p>The families of two British backpackers murdered in Thailand last year arrived for the start of the trial of the alleged killers just as the …

<b>(CNN) —</b> At the beginning of February, construction workers gathered at a sparse building site in the city of Changsha, south-central China.<p>A little under three weeks later, a 57-story skyscraper stood on the very same the spot.<p>The "Mini Sky City" tower is the work of Broad Sustainable Building, a …

<b>A US prison guard believed to have smuggled tools hidden inside hamburger meat to two prisoners who escaped a New York state jail has been arrested.</b><p>Gene Palmer is the second prison worker detained over the jail break. Joyce Mitchell has already been charged with aiding the escape.<p>The prisoners, …

Walter Scheib, the 61-year-old former White House executive chef who had been missing in New Mexico’s rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains for more than a week, was discovered dead late Sunday night by a search and rescue crew.<p>Scheib’s body was found nearly two miles from the Yerba Canyon Trail head …

The actor says he has changed his mind on taking on the role of Renton again and that any bad blood between him and director Danny Boyle has now passed<p>Ewan McGregor was said that he’s open to taking on the role that originally pushed him into the spotlight in a sequel to the 1996 dark comedy drama …

Officials say they are searching an area of Allegany County in New York for convicted killers David Sweat and Richard Matt after a witness called and said they spotted two men walking along a railroad track.<p>The call was from the area of two adjacent towns, Friendship and Amity, a spokesman for the …

Some of the scientists who have studied the 8,500-year-old skeleton known as Kennewick Man, also known as the Ancient One, say they could learn more from further studies — and they'd be reluctant to see the remains handed over to the Native American tribes that claim him.<p>But they aren't prepared to …

<b>(CNN) —</b> The focus of the manhunt for two convicted killers who escaped from a maximum security prison in upstate New York more than two weeks ago has shifted yet again.<p>The latest search area is Owls Head in Franklin County, an area roughly 20 to 25 miles west of the Clinton Correctional Facility, …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two days after the shooting deaths of nine people during a Bible study at a Charleston church, Republican Gov. Nikki Haley made a bold public statement: The gunman "absolutely" should be put to death. But her state, though largely pro-death penalty, can't secure one of the …

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — A woman charged with helping two convicted murderers escape from a maximum-security facility where she worked had discussed having them kill her husband, a district attorney confirmed Wednesday.<p>Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie said at a news conference that …

If the name Sylvain Berneron isn’t familiar to you, then Holographic Hammer should be. It’s the alias under which Sylvain’s designed some of the neatest custom motorcycle concepts we’ve seen.<p>As an experienced automotive designer, Sylvain ensures that his designs are always executable in the metal. …

Infrasound may have alerted warblers to the massive storm, prompting them to fly more than a thousand kilometres to avoid it<p>A group of songbirds may have avoided a devastating storm by fleeing their US breeding grounds after detecting telltale infrasound waves.<p>Researchers noticed the behaviour …